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Here is a powerful, incisive portrait of the men who carried out the Japanese suicide missions during the Pacific campaign of World War II. The story of these superbly trained, fiercely loyal, and recklessly courageous pilots is drawn with rare breadth and dimension, a brilliant recreation of one of war's most surreal and frightening episodes.

LJ's reviewer found this book a "fast-moving history of the Pacific war certain to satisfy World War II buffs...." The story of the Kamikazes is told here from the Japanese viewpoint, including many anecdotes of battle. This remains "a skillful work." (LJ 9/15/83) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.